Cereal Cutouts

The Cheerios® Cookbook shares a recipe! The sky's the limit when it comes to crafting cereal cutouts. Choose hearts, stars or animals, or stick with circles and let your child go crazy with the decorator icing.

Ingredients

10

cups Cheerios™ cereal

1/3

cup butter or margarine

1

bag (10.5 oz) miniature marshmallows (6 cups)

1/2

teaspoon food color (any color)

Betty Crocker™ decorator icing (from 4.25-oz tube), if desired

Assorted candies or small gumdrops, if desired

Directions

1Spray a 15x10x1-inch pan with cooking spray. Pour the cereal into a large bowl.

2Place the butter and marshmallows in a 2-quart saucepan. Heat over low heat, stirring constantly, until the mixture is smooth. Remove the saucepan from the heat.

3Stir in the food color until the mixture is evenly colored. Pour the marshmallow mixture over the cereal and stir until it is evenly coated. Pour the mixture into the pan. With the buttered back of a spoon, press the mixture in the pan until it is even. Cool completely, about 1 hour.

4With 2-inch cookie cutters, cut the mixture into shapes. Decorate the cutouts using the decorator icing to attach the candies. Store the cutouts in a loosely covered container.